Attachment for vehicle-direction indicators



June 19,1928.

. A. J. ALLARD ATTACHMENT' FCR VEHICLE DIRECTION INDICATORS D. R T. W mf T L 4 n A. W D E f.. m w/ A, A LEE; /b .,f///zww Filed oct. 11,` L19:27

rammed 'June 19, 192e.

UNITED ST Es- PATENT OFFICE.,

ALFRED J. ALLARD, .oFnLnRiDen CALIFORNIA.

A'r'rAcIiiiviEntrl roRgvnHIcLn-DIRECTION INDICATORS. l

Appiicauoi'iv iii-ea ociober 11, 1927. serial 110.225.521.

My invention relates to improvements in.

vehicle direction indicator wherein a universally attachments adjustable tubular member and bracket operate -in conjunction with a plurality ot signaling i actuating means therefor,

the body of a motor vehicle.

The primary object ol" y iembers and to conductaconnections between said actuating means and signaling members and also to'adjust the position of the signaling members relativelytothe present invention is to provide a new and improved adjustable connecting means between signaling.v

inen'ibers and actuating means the type set forth in Patent No. 1,638,429, 9th day patent-is hereby made, for a hensvion oli the operation and of said signaling ine means therefor.

therefor, of

United States Letters issuedto me on the of August, 1927, reference toV which full compreconstruction mbers and actuating Another object of the present invention is to'provide a new and improved attachment for the type ofY direction indicator referred r to,'whereb'y the position of a be adjusted relaof a motor vehicle.

signaling members may tively to the body l accomplish these and other n devicek disclosed in the drawlmeans of the ings Jforming apart ofthe pre tion, wherein like- `characters are used to designate similar parts throughdrawings, and in out the specification and which- Fig.' 1

plurality of obj ects by sent applicaof reference is a brokenA front elevation of a motor vehicle, disclosing my improved attachment applied thereto;

Fig.

2 is an enlarged elevation,

section, disclosing the manner in which the adjustable portion of thek attachment is connected n naling member housing;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional;

toK the motor vehicle body and sigview disclosing tlie general arrangement of the actuating means; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the same..

Referring to the drawings,

the numeral 1 is used to `designate in general the cowl portion of a motor vehicle 2. The

steering column 3 of said vehicle 1 `,has mounted thereon the actuating means 4 for the signaling members within the housing 6 therefor which signaling members and housing are disclosed in my previous patent referred to, and Vforming. no par fully hereinbefore t of the `prespartly in ent invention, will not herein be described beyond i the illustration of the signaling member housing 6.

Thefpresent invention consists ol an attachment for'conducting connecting means from the actuating means or housing 4 to thesignaling niemberhousing 6. regardless of the relative position of said housing 6 to the vehicle 1.

The attachment comprises a tubularmemprovided withfa universal' connection in the forni of abagll and isocketjoint. i

Thev said other end of' the ytubey may be connected to kthethrea'ded stem 8 of a ball 9 byfmeansof a nipple 11, as disclosed in Fig 1 of the drawingsk Thevsteml isalso provided with an annular flange `1 2 vand a spuit able nut 1 4 by means' of which the said flange the 'motor vehicle bbdy v1, -prie(erably:the cowl, by said 'nut -14Qwhen jsaidfst'em hasv been inserted through. a' "suitablelhole or aperture 16 in 'the .side of's'aidfr body '1, as

disclosed in Figs. '1 and 2 of the drawings.

A goose-neck bracket 17 is provided at both ends with ball engaging ljoints 18 for universally engaging the ball 9 rigidly conilar ball 19 secured to theside of the signaling 'member threaded collar 21 is provided on both 'joints 18 whereby the engagement of the joints with their respective balls may be tightened'after the bracket or goose-neck 17 is adjusted to the proper position. n

The balls 9 and 19k as well as the gooseneck bracket 17 are hollowV inorder to conduct, and at the same time protect, suitable connecting means or wires 22 which wires 22 are connected at one end to the operating position of the signaling member p ber 7 having one end thereof 'suitably conv `nected to the housing 4 and its other end y 12 may be tightlyfdrawn against the /sidef of.,

nected to the side of the body 1 and a simhousingV 6. .The usual iio novae-ee properly housed to any position of the housing 6 relatively to the body l.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Y v l. The co1nbination,with a motor vehicle direction indicator comprising a housing containing a plurality' of signaling members, and actuating means for said members mounted upon the steering column of the vehicle, of a tubular member connected to said actuating means and extending through one side of the body of a vehicle and provided with an adjustable section on the outside of said body and having universal joints at both ends thereof connected to the tubular member and to said signaling member housing,

whereby connecting means may be conducted from said actuating means through said tubular member to said signaling members, and also whereby the position of said signaling member housing relatively tothe side of the vehicle body maybe adjusted.

- 2. The combination, ywith a motor vehicle direction indicatorcomprising a plurality of signaling members and actuating means therefor of a tubular member having one end connected with said actuating means and the other end extending exteriorly ot the body of a vehicle and provided with a universal joint; and a tubular `bracket universally connected with said universal joint and also universally connected to said sigmounted in connection with the signal members; ,and a tubular bracket having its ends turned to substantially right angles to the body of the bracket in transversely opposite directions andl provided with univer-:ail ball joint socket portions, said socket poi-tiens being arranged to receive the ball joint portions of the tubular member and the'` signal members to ferm universal joints at both ends of the bracket whereby the signalling means and the bracket may be adjusted transversely and longitudinally vrelatively to vthe body of the vehicle and the signalling means adjusted relative to the bracket.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my signature. i

ALFRED J. ALLARD. 

